Celebrating Halloween, is it wrong or not a big deal?

So I been to an AG Pentecostal church all my life. They always taught me "Halloween is the devils Holiday". My church was 100% against celebrating Halloween and "forbade and prohibited" us young children from ever participating in it. I honestly never had a problem with it, I watch scary movies and would of always have wanted to go trick or treating. However I know some Christians celebrate it because like me they don't see it as that big of a deal and they don't do it with the intent of "celebrating the devil". Seriously you're dressing up in silly costumes asking for candy. So I just want to ask, which side is right or wrong. Or is there a line in the middle? I understand other Christians have slightly different beliefs then my church, but I never celebrated it because I was told since a young age never to do so, but I do see Christians here who say they have. It's fine just confused as to what the real answer is to this Halloween thing.

Our family is skipping this year ], but the kids made their own descison , 12 and 11.

https://www.history.com/news/halloween-trick-or-treating-origins

Like Christmas and Easter if you live in America they have much more Christian roots than pagan as the church did a great job of diverting pagan practices to holy practices or traditions to remind us of holy things.

But unfortunately, we are not taught history and the culture has been growing more pagan for years.

Many churches run from the culture war that wishes to hijack these holidays. What's next? Thanksgiving?

HAPPY REFORMATION DAY 2024!!

Today is the 507th anniversary of the Reformation, which began when Martin Luther nailed his famous 95 Theses to Wittenberg Castle Church door on October 31st, 1517, in Wittenberg, Germany.

What's "Halloween" ...... just kidding (according to a couple of witches that I talked to on a different Christian forum, Halloween is their highest "holy" day of the year, and as such, they both said that they found it hilarious that Christians chose to celebrate it too).

It actually began as a religious holiday (of sorts) with the Roman Catholics (at about the same time as the Reformation began). They called it "All Hallows' Eve" seeing that it happened the day before "All Saints Day".

The following is an interesting, short, 2-part teaching series (by Dr. R C Sproul) called The Making of the Protestant Reformation. In it he summarizes some of his various teachings on the history of the Reformation, of Martin Luther, of his 95 Theses, and (at the beginning of the 2-part series) a bit of history concerning, "All Hallows' Eve" or Halloween too.

Here you go. Enjoy!!
God bless you!!

~Deuteronomy (David)

The city did trick or treat over the weekend, so not much by way of the secular celebration of Halloween today. Though since Halloween was originally created by the Christians to remember the saints of God you could read a little bit of that Bible about your favorite saint I guess. Consider Saint John who gave us many treats such as the most reliable of all the Gospel books, three letters, and the most sublime prophecy of Revelation.

Loreena McKennitt - All Souls Night

There's a thread for that.

https://christianchat.com/miscellaneous/pagan-holiday-thread.216777/

i read awhile back that the roots of Halloween are traced way back with paganism involved. i myself have never decorated for any holiday in my entire life. but i do celebrate Christmas & Resurrection day.

Pagan holidays are for pagans.

So every holiday including Christmas has pagan roots. That is because the elite in charge thought it would be easier to switch people from pagan to Christianity and they did some awful things in the process.

1. Getting rid of the Sabbath. Saturday was used up until the 1700s. It's even in the bible and it being the 7th. We dismiss it indicating Jesus rose on the 3rd day and somehow we're suppose to believe it was a Sunday. Idk how we would know that. But really the elite changed the day. Period. And GOD says it's Saturday... well Friday night into Saturday. The lunar calendar. Sunday.... the sun god is incorrect. Solar calendar is pagan.

2. Even Christmas.... the tree. It's pagan. Also we use to have 13 months and Jesus was likely born in the spring.

Jeremiah 10:3
For the practices of the peoples are worthless;
they cut a tree out of the forest,
and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
4 They adorn it with silver and gold;
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so it will not totter.
5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
their idols cannot speak;
they must be carried
because they cannot walk.
Do not fear them;
they can do no harm
nor can they do any good.”

Jehova witnesses give up every holiday for this reason too. But honestly I don't want to do that either. I enjoy celebrating all the holidays and so do my kids. My son was only 2 during covid and still remembers not celebrating a bunch of holidays. I watched him cry on his birthday bc we were on that lock down and conveniently had no electricity for days at the same time. It was total bs. The elite are responsible for all of it so they can pay the price and I'm going to enjoy my life. They would change time periods to reign longer even.